No Dancing in the Streets just yet

It seems the Van Halen reunion -- featuring the return of original frontman David Lee Roth -- is now on indefinite hold.

Pollstar.com -- the website that has been busy keeping track of all the 80s reunion tours -- now says that no papers were officially signed, so any summer tour has been postponed for the time being. A "best-of" set of CDs also is on the side-burner again, reports say.

The band is set for induction in the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame on March 12 in New York, so maybe things will get back on track after that. The original plans were thought to include a 40-city tour featuring Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Roth and Eddie's teenage son Wolfgang on bass (replacing Michael Anthony, who was close to former singer Sammy Hagar.)

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Relive the '80s music, movies and culture with Tampa Bay Times correspondent Steve Spears. A teen during the greatest decade ever, Steve is obsessed with everything from Duran Duran to Journey, John Hughes to John Cusack, and parachute pants to big hair.